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accession: "0001818383-22-000163"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MAX"
cik: "0001818383"
company_name: "MediaAlpha, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-12-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T10:22:49.981130+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MediaAlpha adopts amended by-laws with updated director nomination rules and plurality voting

## Summary
- Board approved amended by-laws effective November 30, 2022.
- Updated nomination procedures require Rule 14a-19 compliance evidence five business days before meeting.
- Stockholders limited to nominating no more candidates than directors to be elected.
- Stockholders soliciting proxies must use a proxy card color other than white.
- Plurality voting in contested elections; by-laws reflect recent Delaware law updates.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001818383-22-000163
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MAX
- cik: 0001818383
- company_name: MediaAlpha, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-12-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1818383/000181838322000163/0001818383-22-000163-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1818383/000181838322000163/max-20221130.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001818383-22-000163.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  MediaAlpha, Inc.: Amended and restated by-laws to update stockholder nomination procedures, adopt plurality voting in contested elections, and reflect DGCL amendments (effective 2022-11-30).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2022-11-30
  source text: On November 30, 2022, the Board of Directors of MediaAlpha, Inc. (the “Company”) approved an amendment and restatement of the Company’s by-laws (as so amended and restated, the “Amended and Restated By-Laws”), which became effective the same day.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1818383/000181838322000163/0001818383-22-000163-index.htm

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